Jacob Rees-Mogg: Britain’s poshest politician for PM?

Could posh-boy Jacob Rees-Mogg really become leader of the Conservative Party?

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It's been a fruitful year in every sense for Jacob Rees-Mogg. At 48, the self- described "loyal son" of the Catholic Church became a father for the sixth time to "the gloriously named" Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, says the National Review. And bookies now have him as second favourite to replace Theresa May, behind cabinet minister David Davis, buoyed by an army of Tory grassroots supporters. In typical self-deprecatory style a mask, some say, for a steeliness of purpose Rees-Mogg tells the Daily Express: "It's flattering... but I wouldn't advise your readers to invest with the bookmakers... There are better ways of making their money work".

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